Nintendo raids Wii modchip factory.

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Final-Fan said:

Words Of Wisdom said:

Final-Fan said:

Words Of Wisdom said:

omgwtfbbq said:

With the main difference that robbery is illegal and importing games is not. So your argument = fail.

And Nintendo was able to raid a modchip factory because...?

Because of draconian copyright laws that are in place in the US because our legislators are coprorate whores and then the US pushes enforcement of its laws around the world.

As a small side note, anyone looking for more information about these things mod-chips, disc limitations, etc. should do some research on the ESA and relatively new ECA groups.

I have to thank you for advising me to do this and not providing links. Performing the search on my own led, as is usual for me, down various side roads and tangents until I came across the legal atrocity of the Macrovision decision.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060816-7517.html

This is exactly why I am so suspicious of copyright-strengthening legislation nowadays. And I have no doubt that the same sort of thing has happened, or is happening, or will happen in other areas that might be nearer and dearer to your heart.

Thanks for that article. This shows exactly my problem with these kinds of laws. Punish the crime, not the means.